It is with great pleasure, that the organising committee extends an invitation to all to attend the 2nd Australasian Mental Health Outcomes Conference to be held at the Crown Promenade on the 24th to 26th November 2008. The conference will provide a significant opportunity for clinicians, service managers, consumers, carers and health department staff to gain a greater understanding of the use of routine outcome measurement to improve the quality of mental health service provision. The conference will explore innovative practices in clinical care and team management and the implementation of routine outcome measurement in Australia and New Zealand. We hope that you will be able to participate in what promises to be a stimulating learning experience.
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
The Australasian Mental Health Outcomes Conference has been convened to provide an opportunity to share the results of the introduction of routine outcome measurement within mental health services. The conference provides an opportunity to showcase the work of services in the continued development of outcomes information systems and the use of information collected during routine clinical practice to support quality improvement and service development activities. The inaugural conference highlighted the use of outcome measures to support engagement, assessment, dialogue and care planning activities, the management and planning of mental health services, and quality improvement activities. The 2 nd conference will be an opportunity to learn more about the continued development of routine outcome measurement in mental health services and strategies for sustainability into the future. The conference presentations and workshops will be of interest to:
- clinicians seeking to utilise outcome measures and mental health information in clinical practice e.g. nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists;
- service directors, managers and team leaders with responsibility for using the measures to inform team reviews and make decisions about service provision;
- consumers and carers seeking to expand their knowledge of the use of outcome measures to improve mental health care for individuals;
- information managers, academics and researchers with an interest in the analysis and reporting of outcomes information; and
- policy specialists and all those with responsibility for driving the mental health agenda;
We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne.
